schoolteacher
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- schoolteaching noun
Etymology
Origin of schoolteacher
Example Sentences
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At around 11 p.m. on a rainy night, Sukraj Rai, 42, a schoolteacher in Rangpo Forest, began getting frantic calls warning him that the Teesta was rising and that the Chungthang dam had broken.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The second part honors David Rhys Jones, a schoolteacher at Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi in Cardigan, Wales, who taught the study's lead author.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Robinson, the schoolteacher, said he will be watching gas prices every day now.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
When Doha was small, he always thought seonsaengnim only meant schoolteacher, but it actually meant someone with a higher educational degree.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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